Systems and methods for control systems to facilitate situational awareness of a vehicle

An automatic door-locking system for a vehicle comprising:

• a sensor adapted to detect the movement of objects in the immediate vicinity exterior to the vehicle while the vehicle is stationary, wherein the immediate vicinity comprises the area surrounding the vehicle including the width of the doors when the doors are fully opened;
• a computer system adapted to receive data from the sensor;
• a computer processor adapted to analyze the data from the sensor to determine if a movement threshold of an object has been reached;
• a switch operatively coupled to the computer processor and adapted to send a signal to the computer processor to control an actuator to engage or disengage a door lock of a door of the vehicle;
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• an automatic door-locking mechanism adapted to activate when an outcome of the data analysis is over the movement threshold resulting in the computer processor sending one or more signals to activate the actuator to lock the door and disable the switch associated with the door.